# NTSB ERA17WA147: Piper PA-42, Sorocaba, Brazil, March 31, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 31, 2017, 17:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Sorocaba, Brazil
- Coordinates: -23.461111, -47.490001
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.4611&lon=-47.4900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94969
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94969/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA147

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 31, 2017, about 1745 coordinated universal time (1445 local time), a Piper PA-42, Brazilian registration PP-EPB, operated by a private individual, was destroyed after it impacted the ground while on approach to Barra Do Garcas Airport (SBBW), Sorocaba, Brazil. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Brazil. Further information can be obtained from: Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center Investigation Division SHIS-QI 05-VI COMAR Brasilia-DF, Brazil 71.615-600 Tel: (55-61) 3364-8812 Email: dac.saai@cenipa.aer.mil.br This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PP-EPB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT PA-42 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 42-8001035
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-61 902 horsepower turbo prop; Pratt & Whitney PT6A-61 902 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Departed: SWFN, Manaus, FL
- Destination: SBBW, Barra Do Garca
- Airport: SBBW, Barra Do Garcas Airport

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Observed at: SBMT, 47 nm away

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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